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title: מוֹסֵר — band · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוֹסֵר (4147), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: band. BDB 1906: n.m. band, bond. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוֹסֵר

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«מוֹסֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **band** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 4147 · **BDB:** מוֹסֵר

### Glosses

fetters (2); the.fetters (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

band [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4147/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. band, bond [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4147/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 28:22 band, bond, poet. \& late (= מֹאסֵר; Ethiopic ማእሰr Syriac ܡܶܐܣܰܪܬܳܐ, cf. Assyrian mêsiru, sheathing, plating, e.g. LyonSargontexte, p. 16, l. 65 \& p. 80)—cstr. מוּסַר Jb 12:18 (so Di Hoffm al. for מוּסַר); pl. מוֹסֵרוֹת Je 5:5; 27:2; cstr. מֹסְרוֹת Jb 39:5; מוֹסְרֵי Is 52:2; sf. מוֹסֵרָ֑י ψ 116:16; מוֹסְרוֹתֶיךָ Je 30:8; מוֹסְרֵיכֶם Is 28:22; מוֹסְרוֹתֵ֑ימוֹ ψ 2:3 etc.;—bands acc. after פִתֵּחַ Jb 39:5 restraining-bands of wild ass; ψ 116:16 bonds of distress; Is 52:2 מ׳ צַוָּארֵךְ bonds of captivity of Zion, vb. Hithp.; cf. also Jb 12:18 מוֹסַר מְלָכִים פִּתֵּחַ (so read, v. supr. \& AV RV); Di understands bonds imposed by kings; Hoffm girdles of kings, \& reads וַיָּסַר in ‖, for וַיֶּאְסַר; more often acc. after נִתֵּק ψ 2:3 bonds imposed by י׳ \& his anointed, cf. Je 5:5 \& 2:20 (𝔊 𝔙, v. Comm.); of Yahweh’s breaking bonds of Isr. Je 30:8 Na 1:13 (last four ‖ שָׁבַר עֹל), bonds of oppressed ψ 107:14; יֶחְזְקוּ מ׳ Is 28:22, i.e. bonds imposed by Assyria; cf. Je 27:2 (‖ מֹט) lit., symbol. of rule of Nebuchadrezzar.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוֹסֵר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4147/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 52:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.52.2/)

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הִתְנַעֲרִ֧י מֵעָפָ֛ר ק֥וּמִי שְּׁבִ֖י יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם הִֽתְפַּתְּחִי֙ מוֹסְרֵ֣י צַוָּארֵ֔ךְ שְׁבִיָּ֖ה בַּת־צִיּֽוֹן׃ס

*Word for word:* shake.yourself.free from.\[the\] dust arise O.captive Jerusalem loosen.for.yourself the.fetters your.neck your O.captive.\[one\] the.daughter of.Zion

*JPS 1917:* Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

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[Psalms 116:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.116.16/)

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אָֽנָּ֣ה יְהוָה֮ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֪י עַ֫בְדֶּ֥ךָ אֲ‍ֽנִי־עַ֭בְדְּךָ בֶּן־אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ פִּ֝תַּ֗חְתָּ לְמוֹסֵרָֽי׃

*Word for word:* please! O.Yahweh (dm) I servant \[am\].your I servant \[am\].your the.son your.maidservant your you.have.loosened (to) fetters my

*JPS 1917:* I beseech Thee, O LORD, for I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, the son of Thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bands.

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